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New York Times, Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Superlative finish
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Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FQU} This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Chisholm. Tuesday freshness: 50%
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© 2008, The New York Times9/23/8 ( No. 21,504 )
Across
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In-box clogger : SPAM
5
Secluded valleys : GLENS
10
Intent look : GAZE
14
To boot : ALSO
15
Race with handoffs : RELAY
16
Barrel of laughs : RIOT
17
One risking arrest : LAWBREAKER
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Environs : AREA
20
"___ pig's eye!" : INA
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Farm size measure : ACRES
22
One of eight Eng. kings : EDW
23
The "V" in K.J.V. : VERSION
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Trousers feature : CREASE
28
Madison Ave. worker : ADMAN
29
Some seers read them : TEALEAVES
32
In medias ___ : RES
34
Gun lobby org. : NRA
35
Phone no. abbr. : EXT
36
Sink items : DIRTYDISHES
40
Geol. or astron. : SCI
42
Stephen of "Michael Collins" : REA
43
___ polloi : HOI
44
Trattoria offering : SPAGHETTI
48
Twist, as a wet cloth or a neck : WRING
52
Beat but good : WALLOP
53
Had for dinner : DINEDON
55
Part of an iceberg that's visible : TIP
56
"Like me" : ASIDO
58
Egg cells : OVA
59
Frame of mind : MOOD
61
Where 17-, 29-, 36- and 44-Across often wind up : INHOTWATER
63
Author Rice : ANNE
64
Santa ___ Derby (annual horse race) : ANITA
65
Stretch out on a sofa, say : LOLL
66
Razz : JEER
67
Note on a Chinese menu : NOMSG
68
Nosegay : POSY
Down
1
Drool, basically : SALIVA
2
Made smooth : PLANED
3
Teeming, as with bees : ASWARM
4
Group with enforcers, with "the" : MOB
5
Painter El ___ : GRECO
6
Found out, British-style : LEARNT
7
Actress Sommer : ELKE
8
Glasgow denials : NAES
9
Neighbor of Isr. : SYR
10
First-class : GRADEA
11
Radio hosts' medium : AIRWAVES
12
Actress Caldwell : ZOE
13
When a flight is due in: Abbr. : ETA
18
Two-time Oscar winner Luise : RAINER
22
Bard's "before" : ERE
24
Calcutta wrap : SARI
25
Lock horns : CLASH
26
"___ sells" : SEX
27
Superlative finish : EST
30
Conclude by : ENDAT
31
"Exodus" hero : ARI
33
Throat ailment : STREP
36
Sound after a hang-up : DIALTONE
37
So far : YET
38
Query to a brown cow : HOWNOW
39
Home of County Clare : EIRE
40
N.Y.C.-to-Miami dir. : SSW
41
Balancer of the books, for short : CPA
45
Quiet aircraft : GLIDER
46
Bygone school dance : HOP
47
Numbskulls : IDIOTS
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"Same goes for me" : IDOTOO
50
Dickens output : NOVELS
51
Very cool, in slang : GNARLY
54
Dog collar attachment : IDTAG
56
___ Domini : ANNO
57
It keeps things on the level : SHIM
59
Capt.'s superior : MAJ
60
Unnamed person : ONE
61
Author McEwan : IAN
62
Peak seen from Zurich : ALP

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